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		pjmlp 6 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New OS aims to provide (some) compatibility with m... Because many open an UNIX book, and rather copy what was already done. Note that Smalltalk, Interlisp-D, Mesa, Cedar, safe systems programming are also 60/70's tech, but these ones hardly anyone bothers to copy in such attempts.

andrekandre 6 days ago [–]

  > but these ones hardly anyone bothers to copy in such attempts.

as alan kay would say: everyone is busy reinventing the flat-tire...

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